• Optional@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    The child’s mother said she and her son stopped at Burger King to get breakfast when she learned that her dog had been run over and killed. She said that in her grief, she did not notice that her son had grabbed a Glock from the truck’s glove compartment.

    The woman said the child pointed the gun at her and fired, hitting his own index finger.

    Officers responded to the Burger King in Dacula, Georgia, where they found the child. He was taken to a children’s hospital for treatment.

    Gun safety expert Tim Downing said there are a few things parents should remember to prevent accidental shootings.

    Well i feel bad for the dog.

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      54 minutes ago

      WTF was the dog doing running around loose to begin with?

      WTF was the kid doing in the front seat (which is illegal in Georgia, except when the back seat doesn’t exist or something like that) to begin with?

      There are so many kinds of negligence going on here even before you start considering the gun!

      (I can only guess this was an old-school regular-cab pickup truck with the dog in the bed, but what self-respecting hick still drives a truck like that in 2026? Edit: video shows the truck was an extended-cab; no excuse for the kid to be in the front.)